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MINNOW BUCKET. No. 321,606.. Patented July '7, 1885.

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WILLIAM "WEBSTER HOUG-H, OF MOUND CITY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND JOSEPH P. ROBARTS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SiECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,606, dated July1885- Application filed September 10, 1884.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. HOUGH, of Mound City, in the county ofPulaski and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedMinnowBucket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedminnow-bucket which is simple in constructiomfloats.easily, and isstrong and durable.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved minnow-bucket onthe lineg 11 Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation on theline a: m, Fig. 1.

The interior bucket, A, made of wire netting or other perforatedn1aterial,is secured to the under side of an annular float, B, providedwith a bail or handle, O. .The annular float is inclined or beveled fromthe enter to the inner circular edge, as shown.-

A cover, D, hinged on the top of the annular float, and provided withapertures a, and a handle-knob, b, is drawn against the top of the floatby a spiral spring, E, secured to the under side of the cover and to theinner side down in the bucket F they are locked together automatically.

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hen carrying the minnow bucket, the bucket A is held within the bucket Fto prevent the water in the bucket F from flowing off. At the river thebucket A is removed and placed in the water, the float B preventing itssinking; or both buckets can be floated together, as the float can carryboth.

It is impossible to drown the minnows, as the outside bucket does notallow the water to cover the inside bucket completely. The minnowscannot be lost out of the bucket, as the cover is kept closed.

The inner bucket can be floated with the cover open without losingminnows, as the top of the middle opening of the float is too high abovethe water to permit the minnows to pass out.

I am aware that a perforated minnow-bucket having an annular float isnot now; also, that box-covers have been closed by springs; also, thatsections of a lunch-heater have been coupled by catches, and, I claim,broadly, none of the above constructions as of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosoon re by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a. minnow-bucket consisting,essentially, in the perforated bucket A, the annular float B, havingprojections H on its lower outer edges, the spring-operated cover D,hinged to the top of the float over its central opening, and the outerimperforate bucket, A, having catches G on its upper edge to engage theprojections H, substantially as set forth IVILLIAIII XVEBSTER HOUGII.

Witnesses:

EDWIN W. DIOCLELLAND, VVILLIAM J. PRICE, IVALTER Scor'r SIncLnroN.

